History: specific events and topics

Nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, Henri de Monfried lived by his own account a rich, restless, magnificent life as one of the great travellers of his or any age.

Few events in our history have had such lasting consequences as the Union of 1707, but it is usually misrepresented and misunderstood.

On Easter Monday, between 1,000 and 1,500 Irish Volunteers and members of the Irish Citizen Army seized the General Post Office and other key locations in Dublin.

From Roman times until the twentieth century, much of the administration of England was carried out through sending letters.

To Victorian visitors, Ireland was a world of extremes - Luxurious country houses to one-room mud cabins (in 1841 40% of Irish housing was the latter).

In the summer of 1822 a bad potato crop and limited employment opportunities created famine conditions in the west and south-west of Ireland.

Kabul is a name that has had much resonance in current affairs over the last few years, however its place in military history can be charted much further back to the first British incursions into Afghanistan during the 19th century.

Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths with Britons happily going about their Roman lives under the benign gaze of Rome.

On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army attacked 1,700 British and colonial forces.

The eighteenth century saw the second Iron Age.

In 1982, North Sea ferry MV Norland transported passengers and vehicles between Hull and Rotterdam.

A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carr 's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick HarkawaySet in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer, John le Carr .

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Dieses Buch erzählt, wie Gold immer wieder in Umbruchszeiten auftaucht – von Goldräuschen und kolonialen Ausbeutungen bis hin zu Finanzkrisen, Kriegen und der Politik moderner Zentralbanken.

Human networks rarely reward truth alone.

Die Erklärung des "Heiligen Krieges" am 14.

Dieses Werk untersucht, wie der verborgene Austausch von Ideen den Aufstieg und Fall von Imperien formte.

Tuberculosis changed cities long before antibiotics changed tuberculosis.

Something measurable began to break in Western adolescence around 2012.

'This fascinating intellectual history of imagined paradises takes us from Thomas More to Ursula K Le Guin' (Guardian)Utopia is not somewhere you can go.

Seit über zweitausend Jahren gilt der Kompass als Inbegriff technischer Verlässlichkeit.

'A historically insightful read'Financial Times 'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest'A thought-provoking analysis of Africa's relationship with economic imperialism' Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata, authors of It's A ContinentWe need to think differently about African economics.

'An extraordinary treasure trove' Andrew MarrA unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains.

PRE-ORDER the enthralling history of the iconic, world class Jumbo Jet, from former 747 pilot Scott BatemanNothing like Boeing's 747 had ever been seen before.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT WAS MADE NEARLY 1,000 YEARS AGO, THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY RETURNS TO ENGLAND IN A MAJOR EXHIBITION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

A true adventure in which two amateur scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery - and make history themselves'This book is a work of art' RYAN HOLIDAY'A pulse-quickening real-life thriller' New York Times 'A memorable story, beautifully told' The TimesFor John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport.

Pre-order this global history of high speed rail, from the railways' "e;wisest, most detailed historian"e; (The Observer)'The greatest expert on British trains' GUARDIAN'The high priest of railway studies' LITERARY REVIEW'Our most eminent transport journalist' SPECTATOR'If you love the hum of the wheels and of history, then Christian Wolmar is your man' OBSERVERSleek, comfortable, accessible, and sustainable, high-speed rail is the future.

From the caveman selecting the right stick to the Babylonian priest who predicted an eclipse and claimed credit for it, the weaponization of knowledge is as old as human civilization.

In order to "e;Bolshevize"e; the Jewish population, the Soviets created within the Party a number of special Jewish Sections.

There is a man who wakes up one morning as the only person left on Earth who can speak his own native language.

Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.

This collection of original essays provides a rare in-depth look at peasant life in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European Russia.

This is an examination of the consequences of Japan's rapid industrialization upon interpersonal relations.

In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century.

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Estrabón puede calificarse como el mayor y más entretenido geógrafo griego de la Antigüedad.

Blackjackal is a new three card  game that takes quick analytic thinking from blackjack, table aggression and blluffing from hold 'em poker and transports the player to the hot savanna of a new and fierce gambling experience.

From the acclaimed author of In Defence of Witches, a powerful exploration of self-blame, why women are prone to it, and what we can do about it.

"e;This is a book every woman - and girl - should read.

¿De dónde vienen las palabras mamá o educar?

South Africa, a land of vibrant cultures, deep history, and unshakable resilience, stands at a crossroads.

'Pacy, witty and authoritative' Jonathan Freedland'In her hands, ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern-world concern.

James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has long endured a mixed reputation.

What if the most important forces in history aren't the generals, the ideologues, or the statesmen — but the narrow passages of water they're all fighting over?

Paving the Way traces the author's family history, from England, Ireland, Prussia and Bavaria to the Colony of South Australia.

Die Sorben lebten ebenso wie die Nordfriesen, Dänen und teilweise die Polen im 20.

Der Oberamtshauptmann der Oberlausitz Reichsgraf Friedrich Caspar von Gersdorf (1699─1751) prägte als zentraler politischer Akteur und engagierter Pietist die Geschicke der Region in der ersten Hälfte des 18.

¿Por qué hay gente que toca madera después de expresar un deseo o se siente incómodo ante determinados números (generalmente el trece) o palabras?

From the nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, millions of American men and women participated in fraternal associations--self-selecting brotherhoods and sisterhoods that provided aid to members, enacted group rituals, and engaged in community service.

Mehr als zwanzig Jahre nach dem Fall der Mauer legt Dr.